Valtteri Bottas puzzled by George Russell’s ‘Rage’ after ‘High-Intensity’ Imola F1 crash

Valtteri Bottas puzzled by George Russell’s ‘Rage’ after ‘High-Intensity’ Imola F1 crash

Valtteri Bottas and George Russell collision

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix witnessed a terrible shunt between Mercedes Valtteri Bottas and Williams’ George Russell. What was even worse, was Russell calling out Bottas as the, “f*ck*ng pr*ck” for causing the chaotic accident. It wasn’t only till that extent to which Russell restricted himself. 

Just after the collision George Russell went to Bottas’ cockpit and provoked him to an extent where the latter was visible showing his finger. That being the case, Bottas claimed that it was entirely Russell’s fault, who “lost it” and crashed into his car that ultimately led to a much bigger disaster. 

“He obviously lost it and hit me”: Valtteri Bottas think George Russell’s move made no sense 

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Following the Imola F1 race, Valtteri Bottas opened up that the move from George Russell made no sense, as he felt that there was not enough space for another car to squeeze in. 

“Yeah, I’m okay. It was a half-decent chance. Obviously could have been a lot worse at that speed,” Valtteri Bottas said. “From my point of view, I stopped for the dry tires and it was a bit of a struggle. Took time to get them to work. And George got close and decided to go for a move. 

“Obviously, the track is quite narrow. There’s only one dry line and he went from the outside. There was space all the time for 2 cars but didn’t make any sense, that move. He obviously lost it and hit me.” 

Valtteri Bottas opined that he couldn’t understand the rage from George Russell, as the former felt that the Williams driver was entirely to blame for the incident. 

“I haven’t spoken, I couldn’t hear a thing what he was on about. I don’t really get it. It was clearly his fault. I don’t understand the rage,” Valtteri Bottas concluded. Overall, the incident did look like Russell’s fault, as Bottas never really switched or swerved across the track at any point and stuck to his racing line. 

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